Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with balloon-expandable or self-expanding TAVI in Germany in 2018.
N | All patients | Emergency patients | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17,295 | 1682 | ||||
Self-expanding instead of balloon-expandable | 57.14% | 57.97% | 0.512 | ||
Logistic EuroSCORE, mean / SD | 13.46 | 9.84 | 23.29 | 13.53 | < 0.001 |
Age in years, mean / SD | 81.11 | 6.08 | 81.24 | 6.71 | 0.407 |
Female % | 50.90% | 49.23% | 0.190 | ||
NYHA II, % | 13.21% | 8.56% | < 0.001 | ||
NYHA III or IV, % | 52.14% | 59.10% | < 0.001 | ||
CAD, % | 50.92% | 52.14% | 0.338 | ||
Arterial hypertension, % | 63.54% | 62.37% | 0.341 | ||
Previous MI within 4 months, % | 1.60% | 2.32% | 0.027 | ||
Previous MI within 1 year, % | 0.71% | 0.77% | 0.775 | ||
Previous MI after 1 year, % | 4.21% | 5.83% | 0.002 | ||
Previous CABG, % | 8.30% | 9.33% | 0.143 | ||
Previous cardiac surgery, % | 12.83% | 15.76% | < 0.001 | ||
Peripheral vascular disease, % | 8.52% | 9.39% | 0.224 | ||
Carotid disease, % | 6.55% | 5.82% | 0.253 | ||
COPD, % | 11.67% | 13.50% | 0.027 | ||
Pulmonary hypertension, % | 21.07% | 23.84% | 0.008 | ||
Renal disease, GFR < 15 ml/min, % | 2.31% | 3.21% | 0.021 | ||
Renal disease, GFR < 30 ml/min, % | 4.27% | 6.06% | < 0.001 | ||
Atrial fibrillation, % | 45.19% | 51.55% | < 0.001 | ||
Diabetes mellitus, % | 32.05% | 32.05% | 0.997 | ||
Emergency, % | 9.73% | 100.00% | – | ||
Number of cases per center, mean / SD | 287.66 | 138.15 | 36.29 | 24.01 | – |
